2011 Pinot Noir, Freestone Vineyards

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Red berries, pungent brown spices, black tea and flowers on the nose, accented by peppery herbs. At once ripe and dry, offering moderate depth and complexity but excellent energy to the red fruit and spice flavors.

The 2011 Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards Pinot Noir is a brilliant wine, offering a generous dosage of ripe red berries, cranberry, spices, floral, herbs and hints of smoke. This has a gorgeous rich texture balanced out beautifully by racy mouthwatering acidity that carries straight over onto the spicy finish that keeps pulling you back for another taste.

Publication

The Wine Enthusiast

Author

Steve Heimoff

Date

September 2013

Award

93 Points, Cellar Selection

Review

The parts haven't fully come together yet in this age able wine. It has mouthwatering acidity and vastly complex flavors, ranging from ripe heirloom tomatoes, cola, pomegranates and cranberries, to ripe cherries and red currants. With flavors of oak and some hard tannins, it’s a natural for the cellar. Hold for at least six years.